LAD #23: Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916

The issue of this act was child labor and whether children should be able to work or not. Lewis Hine took photographs of children working and this caused social reformers to take stands against child labor. They pointed out that it was bad for the welfare and health of children. The Keating-Owen Child labor Act used the government to regulate interstate commerce which controlled child labor. It outlawed the sale of products by business that employed children that were too young. This act was passed by Woodrow Wilson and was decided as unconstitutional, yet latter it became constitutional again. It is still in effect today.